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The City of Salford is now home to Eden, one of the UK’s most sustainable office buildings, containing Europe’s largest living wall.

• Updated: 22 January 2024

New guidance to help eligible tenants buy a share in their home for the first time, under the Right to Shared Ownership scheme.

• Updated: 22 December 2022

The Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) has supported the government by helping to develop an insurance scheme for high-rise building assessments.

• Updated: 13 July 2022

Over 350,000 young people and families have been helped into homeownership with Help to Buy since its launch in 2013.

• Updated: 11 May 2022

A nurse and a police officer are among the first people to be helped on to the housing ladder through the government’s First Homes scheme.

• Updated: 26 November 2021

Families and key workers are set to benefit from First Homes, the new flagship government housing scheme being made available in Newton Aycliffe, Durham.

• Updated: 26 August 2021

The new grant programme gives community-led housing groups better access to high quality, affordable housing that meets the needs of local communities.

• Updated: 23 August 2021

Over 55,000 households bought their home with the support of Help to Buy: equity loan last year – a record year for the scheme.

• Updated: 13 August 2021

First Homes properties went on the market today as part of the first phase of an early delivery project in the Bolsover district, East Midlands.

• Updated: 3 June 2021

A young farmer from Leicestershire has become the 300,000th homeowner to use the Help to Buy: Equity Loan Scheme since its launch in 2013.

• Updated: 13 May 2021

A new government-backed mortgage scheme will help first time buyers or current homeowners secure a mortgage with just a 5% deposit.

• Updated: 18 April 2021

Homes England has updated its strategic partnership model and is opening it up to a broader range of partners.

• Updated: 19 February 2021

Owners of flats in buildings without cladding will no longer need an EWS1 form to sell or re-mortgage their property.

• Updated: 21 November 2020

First-time buyers interested in new-build homes can apply for the new Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme

• Updated: 16 November 2020

A message to the housing industry from the Housing Secretary, Executive Chairman of the Home Builders Federation and Chief Executive of the Federation of Master Builders.

• Updated: 3 November 2020

House sales rose by 21.3% in September following the introduction of the stamp duty holiday – helping to protect hundreds of thousands of jobs in the housing sector and wider supply chain, new figures revealed today.

• Updated: 21 October 2020

Housing Secretary launches new investment in housing to help the country build back better, including homes for social rent to help the most vulnerable.

• Updated: 7 September 2020

Thousands of families can still benefit from the current Help to Buy scheme despite delays in building their new homes due to coronavirus.

• Updated: 31 July 2020

The Housing Secretary on the government’s response to COVID-19 and the plan to safely restart, reopen and renew the housing market.

• Updated: 13 May 2020

The government has published new guidance on moving home.

• Updated: 13 May 2020